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Posted on 05/27/2026 5:50:57 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Canada has announced plans to buy a fleet of early warning planes from Sweden’s Saab rather than a competing option from Boeing, as the country seeks to reduce reliance on US defense firms.
Mark Carney, the prime minister, said on Wednesday that Canada would opt for Saab’s GlobalEye, which is based on Bombardier’s Global 6500 jet. Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail plane – which has suffered from delays and cost overruns – had also been in contention.
“With a suite of advanced sensors and mission systems, Saab’s GlobalEye will be a key resource for the Canadian armed forces to detect and deter threats across the Arctic,” Carney told a defense conference in Ottawa.
The prime minister pledged in March that Canada would take full responsibility for protecting its vast Arctic territory, after relying on decades on a partnership with the US to monitor its more than 4.4m sq km (1.7m sq miles) of land and sea, a territory larger than India.
In a statement, Saab said it planned to invest in research and development work in Canada as part of any deal.
Although Carney did not give details of the fleet size or the cost of a potential contract, military officials had earlier said they were looking to buy six early warning aircraft.
Philippe Lagasse, associate director of international affairs at Ottawa’s Carleton University, said Canada’s decision to buy the GlobalEye planes was “an important test case for the Carney government’s policy of pivoting away from American military capability”.
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Can’t really blame them. It’s what we would do if circumstances were reversed.
Tim Horton approves.
Does Canada even care? What are they looking for? Russian submarines? Drug boats? Migrants? Sweden is known for being fanatical about hunting Russian submarines. They almost found one, once, in the last 75 years of looking.
Buy inferior stuff get inferior results.
Canada doesn’t have to be overly concerned with defense. No nation is going to attack them because of the USA. They just enjoy poking their chests out to impress themselves.
F-35 US made and Carney hates the US , Saab European made and Carey loves Europe he’s a very sick man
So Boeing drops another ball?
Lockheed-Martin loses a sale
Carney is in politics for one thing and one thing only... The money.
Whoever fills his pockets with gold, will have their pockets filled with the taxpayers gold.
It’s not a difficult equation and it’s one that’s worked well for several Canadian politicians... Fidel Trudeau, his step father Pierre Trudeau, Jean Chrétien and even Brian Mulroney... All of them sold their souls and taxpayer funds to line their pockets and because the RCMP is controlled by the government... None of them have ever been held to account for their crimes... Because investigations are never carried out to begin with.
Stephen Harper appeared to be different and I truly think he didn’t take advantage of his position.... Although, maybe he did too... Sad to say, but Canada is as corrupt a country as any country out there in the third world.
Yes. It’s an availability issue.
Canada has a military?
Why can’t they make their own planes?
Yeah the actress who plays Lucy (Lucy DeCourte) in “Trailer Park Boys” is a major in the Royal Canadian Air Force. I guess she does acting to keep busy.
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